Youth Coach

Location: Ticknall

Support young people. Build confidence. Create pathways into work. People Plus, together with our expert delivery partners, is recruiting for a range of roles to support the delivery of the Jobs Guarantee programme across North & East Scotland. We are looking for a passionate, supportive and motivated Youth Coach to join our team and help young people move towards meaningful, sustainable employment.

This is a remote/home-based role, but it is not a fully remote/no-travel position. You will need to be based in Scotland and able to travel regularly across the Scottish region, particularly across North and East Scotland, to meet participants, employers, delivery partners and local stakeholders, as well as attend recruitment activity and events. As part of our coordinated recruitment campaign, applications will be managed by the relevant expert delivery partner based on the area and role to which you have applied.

As a Youth Coach, you'll be the named point of contact for your participants, providing personalised support from their first meeting through to job start, in-work support and successful transition or exit. You'll get to know each participant as an individual, understanding their strengths, aspirations, barriers and support needs. Working closely with Employer Engagement Officers, delivery partners, employers and local services, you'll help participants build confidence, develop their skills, overcome barriers and connect with the right employment opportunities.

Most importantly, you'll be there to support participants once they start work, helping them settle into their new role, overcome challenges and progress towards sustained employment, apprenticeships, education or further training. What you'll be doing You will:
· Act as the named point of contact for participants from initial engagement through to completion or exit, providing continuity and building a positive participant experience.
· Contact referred participants within agreed timescales, arrange initial meetings and support engagement using their preferred communication method.
· Complete a thorough diagnostic assessment to understand each participant's strengths, aspirations, barriers, support needs, job goals and any safeguarding or adjustment requirements.
· Co-produce and regularly review Individual Support Plans, matching profiles and risk plans, ensuring these accurately reflect participant needs and progress.
· Provide personalised pre-employment coaching, helping participants develop confidence, routines, CVs, interview skills, communication, teamwork, reliability, budgeting, travel planning, digital skills and workplace awareness.
· Adapt the level of support according to individual need, including providing more intensive support to participants at risk of disengagement and making specialist referrals where appropriate.
· Identify and help remove practical barriers to engagement and employment, making appropriate use of the Participant Support Fund.
· Work closely with Employer Engagement Officers, delivery partners and local services to match participants with suitable, safe and meaningful employment opportunities.
· Consider each participant's skills, aspirations, support needs, location and travel requirements when identifying suitable opportunities.
· Use relevant systems, including ICONI and Genius Finder, alongside Individual Support Plans, to inform matching decisions, track progress and maintain accurate case records.
· Prepare participants for interviews, employer introductions, job starts and the transition into work.
· Support participants and employers through job start and early workplace stabilisation, including first-week planning, orientation, workplace routines and adjustment planning.…